May 22

Sorry I couldn't write last night! We took a bus to Chiclayo and we are staying at 
E's cousin's house. Yesterday we went to the all boys orphanage and played with them 
while E figured out what we are going to do with them. We are going to help brighten 
up the complex and get the kids to help us paint murals! I'm so excited because this is 
MY project!! Also we are going to teach The younger boys English then help the older boys 
with their English homework from school. I'm really excited! The older boys were all at 
school when we went yesterday so I only met the younger ones. They are about 8-13 and 

are all so silly. There are 6 of them. Even though we had a difficult time understanding each 
other (little kid Spanish sounds really different and is a lot more difficult to 
understand for me. I don't know why, maybe because they don't speak as clearly...) we 
still had a lot of fun playing games together. We all got pretty good at charades. We 
played Rock Paper Scissors (piedra, Papel, y Tijeras) hide and seek (they called it 
escondidas) and had a cartwheel competition. I think I am really going to enjoy working 
with them. Afterward we went to the mercado. When we left, I found the small pocket in my 
backpack was open! Thankfully I am not stupid enough to keep anything valuable in there. 
I guess whoever was going through my bag didn't want hand sanitizer or Chapstick :)
Oh and I am feeling much better. Thankfully it didn't last very long. 
Love you all!!
Amber